Television
After moving to Los Angeles, Peretti made appearances on programs such as Kroll Show , Louie , The Sarah Silverman Program , World's Dumbest... , and Tosh.0 . She appeared as a guest correspondent on one episode of Lopez Tonight , interviewing local citizens about Prop 8. [16]
Peretti is credited as a story editor on the fourth season of Parks and Recreation from 2011 to 2012. [17]
From 2013 until 2019, Peretti was a series regular on NBC's detective/police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine , playing Gina Linetti, until she announced her departure from the show in October 2018. [18] [19] Her departure episode was "Four Movements." [20] She returned later in the season in a guest appearance, in "Return of the King," which premiered May 2, 2019. [21] She also returned for the two-part finale.
While in New York, Peretti made short films with Variety SHAC, a comedy troupe she formed in 2004 with Andrea Rosen, Heather Lawless, and Shonali Bhowmik. [6]
She has made several guest appearances on podcasts, including Doug Loves Movies , How Did This Get Made? , WTF with Marc Maron , You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes , The Todd Glass Show , The Lavender Hour, The Bone Zone with Brendon Walsh and Randy Liedtke , and Comedy Bang! Bang! In October 2012, Peretti launched her own call-in podcast, Call Chelsea Peretti. [22]
In July 2010, Peretti made Variety magazine's "Ten Comics to Watch in 2010" list. [11] Paste ranked her Twitter account #75 on "The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2014." [23]
On April 21, 2020, Peretti released an EP titled Foam and Flotsam, a musical comedy concept album about coffee. [24] She created the music in collaboration with Kool Kojak, and the songs feature guests Reggie Watts, Terry Crews, and Juliette Lewis. [24] In tandem with the EP, Peretti also released two accompanying music videos: "Late" [25] and "Oatmilk." [26] Her music style is described as "whimsical yet depressive...[slamming] you into a wall and then [sliding] you up that wall and [releasing] you into a new galaxy." [27]
